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Carving Basic Soapstone Molds for Pewter Casting

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Fernando Rodriguez de Falcon

Greetings,

This web page is
a link to my handout for my introductory soapstone mould carving class.It is an overview into the materials, tools,
and layout and carving techniques that a newcomer will need to turn a simple
piece of soapstone into a mould ready to use for pewter casting.It should provide the necessary information
to create a simple one sided mould for items such as award medallions, basic
pilgrimage badges, event tokens, or belt buckles – essentially, any basically
"flat" object.

Why use a
soapstone mould?First, it’s cool!It’s period!A single mould can make hundreds of castings, and its fast - most
soapstone moulds allow the pewter to cool in a matter of seconds.With most arts you work a long time to get
one finished piece; with soapstone moulds and pewter casting, once you’ve
completed the carving, you can make a number of finished pieces very quickly.That’s very satisfying to me.